Description:
No More Dual City explores Atlantic City's Northside as a microcosm of racialized urban America. Through vivid ethnography and the concept of dualness, Jackson uncovers how Black residents navigate exclusion, redevelopment, and resilience--revealing what it takes to sustain community roots in cities built on dispossession and dreams.
Review Quotes:
"In No More Dual City, Jackson not only demonstrates the power of public policies to segregate the city but also shows how vulnerable residents fight for their homeplace. Jackson tells the story of cumulative dispossession and disaster that consistently threatens to displace low-income Black residents. This compelling work carefully explains how the forces altering Atlantic City represent the social, economic, and environmental crises affecting urban America. This is a must-read for urbanists concerned with the core U.S. political tensions pulling apart and bringing people together in our cities."